Sunday, February 18, 2007

When Airlines add routes to China, they cancel flights to India

Air Canada's confirmed on Friday it would discontinue direct flight between Toronto and New Delhi from early May. This is the only direct air link between India and Canada.

On the contrary to the cancallation, Air Canada announced it would add a second daily flight to Beijing from Vancouver and increase the regularity of its Toronto-Shanghai route for a total of five daily flights between the two countries. (Source)

In US, United Airlines won its bid to begin non-stop service from Washington, DC to Beijing, China. The anual value of the route is estimated of US$200 million. (Source).